NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.
Differences
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M
- Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 6 month(s) later
- 2.4x lower typical power consumption: 81 Watt vs 195 Watt
- 3x more maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 2048 MB
- Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5723 vs 5566
- Around 3% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 19018 vs 18412
- Around 29% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 59.428 vs 46.086
- Around 13% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1113.788 vs 989.685
- Around 7% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 39.101 vs 36.463
- Around 18% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 8546 vs 7222
- Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3699 vs 3666
- Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3342 vs 3306
- Around 18% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 8546 vs 7222
- Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3699 vs 3666
- Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3342 vs 3306
- Around 14% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 2286 vs 2004
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 7 October 2014 vs 22 March 2012 |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 81 Watt vs 195 Watt |
Maximum memory size | 6 GB vs 2048 MB |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 5723 vs 5566 |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 19018 vs 18412 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 59.428 vs 46.086 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 1113.788 vs 989.685 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 39.101 vs 36.463 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 8546 vs 7222 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3699 vs 3666 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3342 vs 3306 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 8546 vs 7222 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3699 vs 3666 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3342 vs 3306 |
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 2286 vs 2004 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680
- Around 9% higher core clock speed: 1006 MHz vs 924 MHz
- Around 2% higher boost clock speed: 1058 MHz vs 1038 MHz
- Around 55% higher texture fill rate: 128.8 billion / sec vs 83.04 GTexel / s
- Around 20% higher pipelines: 1536 vs 1280
- Around 16% better floating-point performance: 3,090.4 gflops vs 2,657 gflops
- 2.4x more memory clock speed: 6008 MHz vs 2500 MHz
- Around 37% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 530 vs 387
- Around 12% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 4.645 vs 4.157
- Around 22% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 99.577 vs 81.909
Specifications (specs) | |
Core clock speed | 1006 MHz vs 924 MHz |
Boost clock speed | 1058 MHz vs 1038 MHz |
Texture fill rate | 128.8 billion / sec vs 83.04 GTexel / s |
Pipelines | 1536 vs 1280 |
Floating-point performance | 3,090.4 gflops vs 2,657 gflops |
Memory clock speed | 6008 MHz vs 2500 MHz |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 530 vs 387 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 4.645 vs 4.157 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 99.577 vs 81.909 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680
PassMark - G3D Mark |
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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Geekbench - OpenCL |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) |
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3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score |
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Name | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 5723 | 5566 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 387 | 530 |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 19018 | 18412 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 59.428 | 46.086 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 1113.788 | 989.685 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 4.157 | 4.645 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 39.101 | 36.463 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 81.909 | 99.577 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 8546 | 7222 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3699 | 3666 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3342 | 3306 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 8546 | 7222 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3699 | 3666 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3342 | 3306 |
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 2286 | 2004 |
Compare specifications (specs)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | Maxwell 2.0 | Kepler |
Code name | GM204 | GK104 |
Launch date | 7 October 2014 | 22 March 2012 |
Launch price (MSRP) | $2,560.89 | $499 |
Place in performance rating | 558 | 560 |
Price now | $1,899 | $579.99 |
Type | Laptop | Desktop |
Value for money (0-100) | 3.99 | 12.83 |
Technical info |
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Boost clock speed | 1038 MHz | 1058 MHz |
Core clock speed | 924 MHz | 1006 MHz |
CUDA cores | 1280 | 1536 |
Floating-point performance | 2,657 gflops | 3,090.4 gflops |
Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
Pipelines | 1280 | 1536 |
Texture fill rate | 83.04 GTexel / s | 128.8 billion / sec |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 81 Watt | 195 Watt |
Transistor count | 5,200 million | 3,540 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | No outputs | 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort, One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI... |
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support | 1 | |
G-SYNC support | ||
HDMI | ||
VGA аnalog display support | 1 | |
Audio input for HDMI | Internal | |
HDCP | ||
Maximum VGA resolution | 2048x1536 | |
Multi monitor support | ||
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Bus support | PCI Express 3.0 | PCI Express 3.0 |
Interface | MXM-B (3.0) | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
Laptop size | large | |
SLI options | 1 | 3-way |
Supplementary power connectors | None | Two 6-pin |
Height | 4.376" (11.1 cm) | |
Length | 10.0" (25.4 cm) | |
API support |
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DirectX | 12.0 (12_1) | 12.0 (11_0) |
OpenCL | 1.1 | |
OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.2 |
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 6 GB | 2048 MB |
Memory bandwidth | 120 GB / s | 192.2 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 192 Bit | 256-bit GDDR5 |
Memory clock speed | 2500 MHz | 6008 MHz |
Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
Shared memory | 0 | 0 |
Technologies |
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BatteryBoost | ||
CUDA | ||
DSR | ||
GameStream | ||
GameWorks | ||
GeForce Experience | ||
GeForce ShadowPlay | ||
GPU Boost | ||
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder | ||
Optimus | ||
SLI | ||
3D Vision | ||
Adaptive VSync | ||
FXAA | ||
TXAA |